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Are all Tamil dialects mutually intelligible?

Are all Tamil dialects mutually intelligible? It might be helpful to answer this in the article but ONLY IF reliable citations are included. (No edit wars, please. I myself do not speak or read any of the languages of South Asia, except for English, and that in the American style. I'm just curious.) Acwilson9 (talk) 19:15, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tamil does not have any dialects , but rather accents, each geography has related accents to that region. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1970:5E1A:9700:E801:DC0C:C8D:B0F0 (talk) 14:57, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tamil does have dialects. Most of them are mutually intelligible but with some misunderstandings.Qwabbleh (talk) 18:48, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ima malayali and i quite decently understand Tamil (~60%) so 🤷 [ h͡m̥̚ ] AleksiB 1945 (talk) 20:13, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tamils don't have any different dialects. People in different parts uses different accent which can also be understood by remaining population. Ramansedu0211 (talk) 06:17, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Some colloquial dialects of Jaffna Tamil are not intelligible to Tamil speakers from India (unless they have had repeated exposure to accent and unique words/phrases). There is a dialect continuum. The 'standard' form of Tamil is mutually intelligible. A speaker from Jaffna could modulate his spoken Tamil to make it either more understandable or less understandable, depending on whether he draws more on local colloquialisms or more standard Tamil.Metta79 (talk) 19:58, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tamil in Malaysia

In Malaysia, there are 500 and above Tamil language based government schools. Tamil is the one and only Indian Language that have schools in Malaysia. Gery Claret (talk) 14:18, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please edit the article (Tamil language) by adding these additional information . Gery Claret (talk) 14:19, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Could you provide the source for those claims? Jeppiz (talk) 16:29, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The article already says: "Tamil is used as one of the languages of education in Malaysia, along with English, Malay and Mandarin". The number of schools is not really relevant, and since English, Malay and Mandarin obviously are not Indian languages, the addition of "the one and only" is redundant and over-emphatic. –Austronesier (talk) 16:41, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Tamil is not called a Dravidian language and it does not follow Hinduism it follows Saivam religion Msam3011 (talk) 21:22, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. –Austronesier (talk) 21:32, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edits re: History of Tamil Language

In your text, please include that Tamil is more ancient (cave writings appeared 2500 BC) than Sanskrit (appeared 2000 BC) ^[1] and that Sanskrit influence over Tamil was only a relevant issue following the encroachment of Tamil/Dravidian land by Aryans who established the caste system and forced indigenous Tamils/Dravidians to the South of their land. The Aryan-established caste system and anti-Dravidian policies were part and parcel with Sanskritization of traditional Dravidian traditions, culture (folk gods being one example), and languages ^[2].

I believe you mentioned Sanskritization in the article but don't actually elaborate on what that is -- I think it would be good to provide just one sentence summarizing it, since you seem to hinge quite a bit of the article on how Tamil was influenced by Sanskrit.

Furthermore, it might be advisable to delete the comparisons between Tamil and Sanskrit -- I notice you seem to keep relating Tamil to Sanskrit which seems to overemphasize the importance of Sanskrit to Tamil language -- after all, the wiki is focusing on Tamil language exclusively and not "Tamil vs. Sanskrit".

Hungrycitrus (talk) 02:48, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This featured article currently does not meet the featured article criteria. There is a lot of uncited text here, the degree of which is not compatible with FA expectations. If this issue is not addressed, the article may have to undergo a featured article review. Hog Farm _Talk 00:15, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

^ https://taleninstituut.nl/what-are-the-oldest-languages-on-earth/
^ AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON SANSKRITISATION OF THE DEITIES OF FOLK TRADITION WITH REFERENCE TO TAMIL NADU, S. Xavier, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress Proceedings of the Indian History Congress Vol. 70 (2009-2010), pp. 621-634 (14 pages)

[1] ttps://taleninstituut.nl/what-are-the-oldest-languages-on-earth/

[2] AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON SANSKRITISATION OF THE DEITIES OF FOLK TRADITION WITH REFERENCE TO TAMIL NADU, S. Xavier, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress Proceedings of the Indian History Congress Vol. 70 (2009-2010), pp. 621-634 (14 pages)

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+== FA concerns ==
+This featured article currently does not meet [[WP:FACR|the featured article criteria]].  There is a lot of uncited text here, the degree of which is not compatible with FA expectations.  If this issue is not addressed, the article may have to undergo [[WP:FAR|a featured article review]]. [[User:Hog Farm|Hog Farm]] <sub> [[User talk:Hog Farm|Talk]]</sub> 00:15, 28 March 2021 (UTC)